The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS H.J.RES 199 (JULY 1, 1879, 21 STAT L. 55), A RESOLUTION PROVIDING TO PAY ONE MONTH'S EXTRA PAY TO HOUSE EMPLOYEES. (P. 2467-1)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
What was on the floor
No separate text document applies to this vote.
How each state's senators voted
In 15 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 4 every one voted no; 9 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Hill Garland (Democrat) — YEA
- James David Walker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Thompson Farley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Newton Booth (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Moore Teller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Peter Hill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — NAY
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill (Democrat) — YEA
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Davis (Independent) — YEA
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Ewing McDonald (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Preston B. Plumb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — YEA
- John Stuart Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Gillespie Blaine (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NAY
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Fitz Randolph (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sharon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Granberry Thurman (Democrat) — YEA
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harvey Slater (Democrat) — NAY
- La Fayette Grover (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- William Andrew Wallace (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Enoch Withers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Hereford (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Gassaway Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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